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188 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
— antheris recurvis, polline typico. Stylus gracillimus. 
Semina matura desunt. 
4 ‘China :—Yangpi Valley, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
5000 ft. Shrub of 3-6 ft. Flowers rose-lavender. Shady open 
situations. April 1914.’’ G. Forrest. No. 12,279. 
Phacellaria ferruginea, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species valde affinis Phacellariae Wattii, Hook. f. a qua 
ramulis inflorescentiisque ferrugineo-tomentellis divergit. 
Frutex parasiticus aphyllus ramosus caulibus aggregatis 
15-30 cm. longis infra sparsim puberulis, supra ad regionem 
inflorescentiarum et ad ramulos juveniles dense ferrugineo- 
tomentelli. Flores minuti aggregati in foveolas inserti sessiles ; 
aggregationes cuique ramulo ad 12 ferrugineo-tomentellae ; 
perianthium floris masculini 5-merum I mm. diametro paulo 
superans, extra tenuiter tomentellum lobis deltoideis. Fructus 
anguste ovoideus circ. 5 mm. longus, lobis perianthii 5-6 
deltoideis coronatus. 
“ China :—Tali Range, Yunnan. Lat. 25° 40’ N. Alt. 
go00-10,000 ft. Parasitic shrub of 6-12 inches. In mixed 
forests. Sept. 1913.’ G. Forrest. No. 11,585. 
“Neighbourhood of Teng-yueh, Yunnan; growing on 
Loranthus.” E. B. Howell. No. 325. 
Phytolacca clavigera, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis Ph. polyandvae, Batal. mihi non visae et 
Ph. americanae, Linn.; pedicellis flores aequantibus, tepalis 
ovatis circ. 4 mm. longis, staminibus 12, fructibus racemum 
densissimum claviformem formantibus inter alia bene notata. 
Suffrutex ramosus I-1.5 m. altus ramis suberectis robustis 
herbaceis glabris viridibus tandem purpurascentibus. Folia 
petiolo 1.5—2.5 cm. longo robusto vix canaliculato glabro suffulta ; 
lamina plerumque + 15 cm. longa, + 8 cm. lata, ovato-elliptica 
vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta mucronato-glandulosa, basi 
cuneata in petiolum decurrens, margine paulo undulata, zona 
marginali pellucida angustissima praedita, membranacea, supra 
glabra, ad costam minute pulverulenta, infra glabra nisi ad 
costam nervosque minute scabridulos, punctulis albidis dense 
praedita, costa mnervisque subtus prominentibus.  Inflore- 
scentiae foliis breviores, erectae dense racemosae pedunculis 
+ 30cm. longis validis minute et scabridule puberulis suffultae ; 
pedicelli circ. 4 mm. longi in fructu ad 7 mm. aucti, minute 
scabriduli, bracteis bracteolisque linearibus praediti ; perianthil 
segmenta ovata, circ. 4 mm. longa, circ. 3 mm. lata, apice ro- 
tundata, per anthesin alba, tandem purpurascentia ; stamina 
